Re: Open source - No Mortgage
And even when not making money, others do it alongside their day jobs (that may not give them enough variation) to develop their skills and enhance their CV. On 14 January 2011 03:50, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: I suppose that it is possible to make some money around the edges of these technologies, but, I have this vision of an army of geeks working on these open source projects while they live in the garage of their parents house ... Maybe, if their parents happen to be IBM and Google. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340839 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Open source - No Mortgage
I guess I am old school but I have car payments, a mortgage, etc. etc. All of this open source/freeware stuff leaves me a little mystified. I suppose that it is possible to make some money around the edges of these technologies, but, I have this vision of an army of geeks working on these open source projects while they live in the garage of their parents house ... Rick. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340813 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Open source - No Mortgage
Sorry Rick - trying to understand... what is the question? Are you trying to work out how we all have time/inclination to work on OSS? Mark On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Rick Colman rcol...@cox.net wrote: I guess I am old school but I have car payments, a mortgage, etc. etc. All of this open source/freeware stuff leaves me a little mystified. I suppose that it is possible to make some money around the edges of these technologies, but, I have this vision of an army of geeks working on these open source projects while they live in the garage of their parents house ... Rick. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340817 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Open source - No Mortgage
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Rick Colman rcol...@cox.net wrote: I guess I am old school but I have car payments, a mortgage, etc. etc. All of this open source/freeware stuff leaves me a little mystified. I can highly recommend The Cathedral the Bazaar: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001087 It's a series of essays that examine the economics, motivations and unexpected success that surrounds the open source community. If you don't want to buy it, you can get most of it for free (of course!) online: http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/ -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://getrailo.com/ An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive. -- Margaret Atwood ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340826 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Open source - No Mortgage
I also really like the RSA Animate of Daniel Pink's talk on What Motivates Us: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc Mark On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Sean Corfield seancorfi...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Rick Colman rcol...@cox.net wrote: I guess I am old school but I have car payments, a mortgage, etc. etc. All of this open source/freeware stuff leaves me a little mystified. I can highly recommend The Cathedral the Bazaar: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001087 It's a series of essays that examine the economics, motivations and unexpected success that surrounds the open source community. If you don't want to buy it, you can get most of it for free (of course!) online: http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/ -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://getrailo.com/ An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive. -- Margaret Atwood ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340829 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Open source - No Mortgage
Many, if not most, of the successful established open source projects have large corporate, governmental, or educational backers that pay the contributors to these projects (aka, their employees) very well. I have gotten paid for all the open source projects I have worked on. -Mike Chabot On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Rick Colman rcol...@cox.net wrote: I guess I am old school but I have car payments, a mortgage, etc. etc. All of this open source/freeware stuff leaves me a little mystified. I suppose that it is possible to make some money around the edges of these technologies, but, I have this vision of an army of geeks working on these open source projects while they live in the garage of their parents house ... Rick. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340831 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Open source - No Mortgage
I suppose that it is possible to make some money around the edges of these technologies, but, I have this vision of an army of geeks working on these open source projects while they live in the garage of their parents house ... Maybe, if their parents happen to be IBM and Google. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340832 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
